Toilet-paper Case Rests With Court, Dist. 300 Says

October 11, 1995|By Pat Clawson.

Carpentersville — School District 300 has adopted a hands-off approach to a prank in which 42 district students were ticketed by police for their alleged roles in toilet-papering Jacobs High School in Algonquin Sept. 28.

Parents of a dozen students from Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville had asked the board Monday to encourage the McHenry County Circuit Court to dismiss charges of mob action, which calls for a fine of $100.

The District 300 board reviewed the case in closed sessions for several hours, said board President Mary Henk.

"The board findings are that an employee of Jacobs High School asked the students to leave and told them the police would be called if they did not disperse," according to a board statement read by Henk.

"The students chose to not leave the premises, which resulted in police being notified. The board doesn't intend to take any action at this time."